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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Teddy's Bigger Burgers: Bigger and Better Reasons for the Gatecrasher?

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Let's do the "shaka" and greet everyone "Aloha." Hang loose and get ready to grab an order of burger. But I don't mean just any ordinary burger. It has to be a very special burger that even I will do anything just to dine in and have some bun... I mean fun. Or so they think?

Teddy's Bigger Burger must be something to rave about since there has been rampant news of bloggers gatecrashing the media launch of Teddy's Bigger Burgers Philippines strategically located at Greenbelt 3 of Makati city. I don't know if that was true since knobody bothered to find out the real story behind it. They probably couldn't resist the oozing sumptuousness of Teddy's monstrous patties that are a lot bigger but definitely tastier than most "langhap-sarap" of "clowned" burgers out there... and shockingly even bigger than the buns.

Accomplished businessmen and restaurateurs Raymond Magdaluyo, along with Marvin Agustin and Ricky Laudico are the owners of Teddy's Bigger Burgers PH. This will surely be another big hit for the three wise men who are probably overwhelmed already with all the incoming profits they've been getting from their many restaurant chains. Raymond was the only one present among the three partners but the others did appeared during the VIP night last Friday, a day before the grand opening.

Yeah! Filipinos really do love to eat making the restaurant business among the best businesses next to running a school, a religion or a government.

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In 2015, the Millennium Development Goals will expire. Last August 19, 2014. Tuesday, starts the countdown before its expiration. At the same time, civil society organizations all over the world had a simultaneous launch of action/2015 to have a stronger call for a just and sustainable world. It is a citizen’s movement and the biggest global campaign platform that seeks to lobby for transformational change around the world.

In the Philippines, aksyon/2015 campaign will focus on addressing poverty and inequality, ensuring climate justice and resilience and good governance. Its aim is to inspire actions that empower the marginalized and collectively tackle the root causes of inequality, injustice, poverty and climate change. It promotes development justice where people are able to realize their rights.

Members of the media joined the aksyon/2015 launch and media briefing last August 19, 2014 from 9:00 to 11:00 in the morning at Max’s Restaurant, Circle Food Complex, Elliptical Road, Quezon City.
Special guest was Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte who delivered the keynote speech.She also shared some of Quezon City's current and future projects that are related to the MDG of 2015. Other guests were Dodo Macasaet of Code NGO, Beckie Malay of GCAP, Frabncis dela Cruz of Climate Action Network and Erning Ofracio of the urban poor community.

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Are you tired of long queues when buying merchandise from retail stores? As a business owner, are you losing customers because of long waiting times, or have lost opportunities to sell because product information is not readily available when customers demand it?

Global research* has shown that 75% of stores are looking to adopt cloud-based Point-Of-Sale (POS) systems in the next 5 years to improve the in-store customer experience and attract more shoppers. These systems help a retail store owner and the staff to have better customer interactions thereby increasing sales possibilities.

By providing information fast with the use of handheld devices and remotely printing receipts, these cloud-based POS systems can go a long way in carrying out transactions. And compared to traditional methods, they cost much less to install and can be upgraded faster.

All these are important factors to help keep ahead of the competition.

For customers, it lessens one of the major nuisances in shopping -- long lines to pay for just a single item.

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When many restaurateurs would choose to setup their food business at busy commercial areas like malls, call center districts and crowded intersections, some would choose to pick places where they can find a more presentable ambiance.

I do believe that when you have great products to sell or offer, the people will come to you no matter where you put up your venture. If you are truly confident of what you can provide to your potential customers, they will look for you anywhere you go.

Of course convenience of location is a factor to consider but when you invest on quality.... for sure... the people would come in quantity. Many drove from distant locations just to be able to dine on the fabulous buffet that Chef Laudico Guevarra's has to offer.

This is what I witnessed during our dining experience at Chef Laudico Guevarra's buffet restaurant. The place was more than majestic. It seems there's a lot of history behind the establishment. It may have underwent a few renovations and improvements, it still retains a resonating image of how life was like during the olden days.

Ang Tunay na Respetadong Blogger: Hindi Gate Crasher, Hindi Rumor Monger(er)

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We're serious! It's no joke!

Since there has been an ongoing discussion on what makes a respectable blogger, we will be conducting a search for the most respectable blogger in the Philippines (Well, we can also accept nominations from other countries but you have to visit the Philippines to receive the award.

Yup! We will try to find out who will be nominated among the ranks of the well-respected bloggers with outstanding qualities worthy of the title as "Ang Tunay na Respetadong Blogger."

Blogging, just like any other profession, or hobby (for quite a number), has never been free of controversial issues. Both pros and newbies have their own gruesome stories to tell about bloggers going wild and unethical. We heard various stories of gatecrashers, loot bloggers, eat-loot-and-run bloggers, event-hoppers, late-comers-and-early-goers, and whachamacallit bloggers.

There are even "ghost bloggers" looming around. They get loots even when they are not present at the event. "Paki-bigay na lang sa blogger friend ko, kasi hindi ako makaka-attend."

Let us try to find out who are the bloggers out there that are really free from all faults and shortcomings. I encourage everyone to vote for the blogger whom they believe is highly respectable. He or she may not be high-ranking or among the so-called "top", "elite", A-Class, "authority", or "influential" bloggers. This is a search for the most respected blogger who has never done any wrongdoing throughout his or her blogging existence.

The Controversial Irony: Anyare? May Pambili ng Awards Pero Walang Pang-Burger?

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With ludicrous accusations really worthy of the loudest laughs, we are just bewildered on how some people would fall prey to the fabrications obviously orchestrated to create animosity. There were signs posted to warn people of an impending disturbance in the weather, but do you really know the weather-watchers who posted these signs? These climate soothsayers are more weathered than any area ravaged by a storm, yet they are the ones posing an imminent danger to many people in the community.

Any wise man would be able to comprehend that the intentions are pretty clear. So clear that they had to compile a staggering list just to make it look convincing enough. The mentioned acts were deemed as serious offenses but how come not even one ever reached a closure. They realized that a single act would not be strong enough to attract attention. So they combined forces and let the devil whisper little sweet nothings to their ears to come up with controversial ironies.

If one will take time to deeply study the enumerated list of so-called offenses, it will surely make any sane person hysterical after finding out it was just a bunch of demented hullabaloos designed to steer people away from the truth. There are a lot of discrepancies that will baffle the mind. There are a lot of conflicting scenarios that are more puzzling than revealing. While some were added just to provoke and make fun of people's shortcomings.

The detractors do not aim to find reasonable resolutions. They only seek to make the community more chaotic by injecting mass hatred instead of a peaceful discussion with the people involved. These false prophets who disguise themselves as sentinels of ethics are no better than their dirty minds fit to be cut in half for observation and study. Their minds need to be dissected so we would know what makes them plot devilish schemes.

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Player feedback has been great so far. In fact, People are saying that it¹s one of the more challengingly addictive games around. It is currently rated 5 stars in the App Store. The game is called Jump For Your Life and it has just been released for free for everyone to enjoy.

Jump For Your Life is created by Yes Please Games, a team of 3 Filipino friends namely Peter Yu, Spencer Ravago and Ryan Simpao, who met in college and share a love for video games. The founders, Spencer and Peter, were roommates in college. They both loved video games and had hopes of making games for a living. But at the time, the video game industry was not as developed yet so the two decided to pursue other careers. For around 90% of the development stage, the team didn¹t have an iPhone to work with, so they¹re extra proud with how the game turned out.

The game aims to blend the exciting platforming games of the past with modern mobile games of today. It takes gameplay mechanics such as platform jumping and item collecting from classic games like Super Mario Bros. and Sonic The Hedgehog and the endless game setup of modern mobile games like Temple Run and Subway Surfers. Jump For Your Life tries to put the challenging fun gameplay of classic games in a package that¹s easy to pickup and play anytime, anywhere with your mobile phone.

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The Philippines’ Biggest Online Shopping Mall teams up with the country’s leading airline for another exciting offering!

This August is probably one of the best times to shop at Lazada Philippines via the Lazada Mobile App. Not only for the smorgasbord best deals spanning from mobiles and laptops to fashion to home and living, but also for more great giveaways.

This month, Lazada, the country’s biggest online shopping mall, is partnering with Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) for a dream getaway that includes a FREE roundtrip tickets to your local destinations. Now how can you go wrong with effortless and risk-free shopping at Lazada?

Simply shop using the Lazada Mobile App from August 23 to September 30. For every minimum purchase of P2,000, you will be entitled to an electronic raffle entry for a chance to win the free domestic flights from CEB!

Juan Big Idea: Taking Marketing Thoughts into Flight (South Luzon Edition) Aftermath

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It was such a great spectacle for the Philippine Junior Marketing Association to have launched the first of four chapter events this academic year, Juan Big Idea: Taking Marketing Thoughts into Flight – South Luzon Edition at the Ateneo De Naga University last August 16, 2014.

Over a thousand marketing students convened to get a load of the three stages in Content Marketing from our credible and distinguished speakers:

First speaker:
MR. VINCE REYES, Managing Director of Executive Decisions, IMC Firm Inc. who discussed CONTENT ABSTRACT: "Making the Brand Promise Real"

Second speaker:
MR. BRAD GEISER, Chief Executive Officer and Strategist of GeiserMaclang Marketing Communications Inc. who discussed COMPETITIVE DIFFERENTIATION: "Creating the Right Brand Story"

Third speaker:
MR. JASON CRUZ, Social Products Director of MRM Worldwide Manila who discussed CONTENT CLOUTING: "Choosing the Right Media for Communicating Ideas"

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Performing artists Sheila Francisco, Michael Williams and Bituin Escalante headline in TRIPLE THREATS: Leading Men and Women of Philippine Musical Theater from August to October 2014 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater) at 7:30pm. This event comes after the successful series run in 2013 that featured Nonie Buencamino, Audie Gemora and Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo.

TRIPLE THREATS: Leading Men and Women of Philippine Musical Theater is a series of solo concerts featuring the stalwarts of Philippine Musical Theater. Each concert is an intimate evening of beautiful music, personally selected by the artists themselves, from their vast repertoire of favorite songs from Broadway, West End, original Filipino musicals and the movies. Dubbed as a series of “concept concerts”, the narrative of the performance is dictated by the song choices. It is a rare opportunity for the audience to see a different facet of the acclaimed theater, television and film artist being featured. The definition of a “triple threat” is someone in a particular field who exhibits the three skills that are necessary to excel – can act, can sing and can dance.

Opening the series on August 21, 2014 is acclaimed stage actress Sheila Francisco in her first solo concert entitled “Once in a Lifetime”. She was handpicked by no less than Sir Trevor Nunn to play Bloody Mary in the Royal National Theatre’s production of “South Pacific” in 2002. She is the first Filipino to perform in the prestigious Olivier Theatre to rave reviews. After five years, Sheila reprised her role as Bloody Mary in UK Productions’ “South Pacific” (UK tour). In the last four years, she starred in Singapore’s most successful musicals: “Forbidden City – Portrait of an Empress”, “Twist of Fate” and “Snow Queen”. Sheila has performed in Japan, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Malaysia and Brunei. Back in Manila she did Mother Abbess in “Sound of Music”, Dolores in “Rivalry” and the wacky Flora in “No Way to Treat a Lady”. In 2013, she played the role of The Queen in Resorts World’s production of “Cinderella”. She also starred in Repertory Philippines’s production of “August: Osage County” under the direction of Chris Millado.